The Czech Republic will be hit by heavy storms with torrential rain and hail on Sunday afternoon. The levels of small streams can rise and there is a risk of flooding of underpasses, underpasses, cellars and other places below. The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI) issued a low-risk warning on Saturday.
The warning is valid from Sunday noon until 22:00. In particular, drivers should reduce speed in a storm and drive carefully. Lightning can also be dangerous. The torrential rainfall totals can reach up to 30 millimeters in storms.
#VYSTRAHA High probability warning: Heavy thunderstorms
Validity: from 19.7.2020 12:00 to 19.7.2020 22:00
A rare occurrence of strong thunderstorms is expected, especially with torrential rains around 30 mm. pic.twitter.com/TUjMe5Kv4e– Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI) (@CHMUCHMI) July 18, 2020
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On Mondays, it should be cloudy to partly cloudy in the Czech Republic, occasionally during the day in places of showers or thunderstorms. The highest daily temperatures rise to 25 to 29 degrees Celsius, but then cool in the following days.
Until mid-August, the maximum temperatures during the day will move around 24 degrees Celsius on average, the night lows will be around 12 degrees. The beginning of next week will be warmer, in the middle of it it will temporarily cool down. It will rain more than usual between mid-July and August, said the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI) in the monthly weather forecast.
“Minimum night temperatures will initially be around 14 degrees Celsius, in the middle of the week around ten, at the end of the week around 12 degrees Celsius,” meteorologists said. The first week will be below average to average in temperature, the next weeks are average, they added.
The long-term average temperature in the Czech Republic for the period from July 20 to August 16 is 18.7 degrees Celsius. According to records kept since 1951, it was warmest in 2018 with an average of 22.5 degrees Celsius, while the lowest average of 14.7 degrees was recorded by meteorologists in 1987.
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